I'm not completely sure why this is "why nothing will be done about climate
change". For one thing, some things are already being done about it - the
rise in emissions dropped in 2012 (not wonderful, I know, but some
improvement). Interesting article, though. An even stronger case for
thorium react
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:50 AM, LizR wrote:
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>
>
> On 21 November 2013 12:29, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:07 AM, LizR wrote:
>> > On 21 November 2013 11:37, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > who just did not want to pay taxes to the King of England,
>> >>
>> >> Goo
On 11/20/2013 5:14 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
There is always the possibility that the lawmakers (in this case
congress) will create a law that is fundamentally in
contradiction with the established corpus of constitutional law. It is
only right that there exists a body whose role it is to test
Leibniz: I think, therefore there is an I
The true meaning of Descartes' famous dictum, "I think, therefore I am"
can be clarified further by restating it using Leibniz' model of
being (essence+existent) if the proposition is restated as
"I think, therefore there is an I", or equivalently as
"
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Excellent. Time to drag society into the 19th century on this front, and
realise th
Excellent. Time to drag society into the 19th century on this front, and
realise that Prohibition. Doesn't. Work.
Regulation and taxes, safety campaigns, health warnings, and so on - those
work. Prohibition doesn't, and should also be seen as a violation of human
rights, because it forces anyone w
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On 20 Nov 2013, at 17:33, Chris de Morsella wrote:
>>The mor
There is always the possibility that the lawmakers (in this case
congress) will create a law that is fundamentally in
contradiction with the established corpus of constitutional law. It is
only right that there exists a body whose role it is to test that. In
our country, it is the High Court - my g
On 21 November 2013 12:49, wrote:
> Freedom via 3D manufacture. Liberation through material wealth!
>
A global village, yeah, that's my general outlook too, although we have to
get rid of that pesky little problem of slavery* that currently provides
most of our material goods in the West, and ma
On 21 November 2013 12:29, Telmo Menezes wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:07 AM, LizR wrote:
> > On 21 November 2013 11:37, Telmo Menezes wrote:
> >>
> >> > who just did not want to pay taxes to the King of England,
> >>
> >> Good on them. What next? Pay taxes to wizards and dragons?
> >>
>
Freedom via 3D manufacture. Liberation through material wealth!
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Subject: Re: Telmo On the US COnstitution
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:07 AM, LizR wrote:
> On 21 November 2013 11:37, Telmo Menez
No taxes sans representation. That's a different point. If we were prevented
selling woolens because the Kings junta back home felt threatened, then
Americans had no way to petition parliament. Keeping down the Scots and the
Welsh and Irish are one thing, but its harder putting down a continent
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:07 AM, LizR wrote:
> On 21 November 2013 11:37, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>>
>> > who just did not want to pay taxes to the King of England,
>>
>> Good on them. What next? Pay taxes to wizards and dragons?
>>
> Weird comment. The King of England was only, in their view, an i
On 21 November 2013 11:37, Telmo Menezes wrote:
> > who just did not want to pay taxes to the King of England,
>
> Good on them. What next? Pay taxes to wizards and dragons?
>
> Weird comment. The King of England was only, in their view, an
inappropriate subject to pay taxes to because they were
Hi John,
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:35 PM, John Mikes wrote:
> Telmo wrote:
>
> "I admire the US constitution too. In fact, my political position is
> essentially to follow it (although I like to imagine possibilities for
> peaceful world with further increases in freedom)."
>
> Which Constitution
On 21 November 2013 07:56, John Clark wrote:
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>> > That's spudboy's straw man.
>>>
>>
> Straw man my ass!
>
> "Piñata!"
Oops, sorry, that's a straw ass...
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language...
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Yes not the date on the calendar that matters but the behavior of human beings.
Is anyone implying that human nature is entirely different then 300 years ago?
Or is human nature basically the same. Thus, the economic difference, though
vast, appear have purchase in human behavior, still. In fac
Thanks, Richard, - very educative!
John M
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Richard Ruquist wrote:
> Chief Supreme Court Justice Marshall usurped the Constitution
> when he maintained that the Supreme Court had the right to rule
> laws made by Congress and signed by the President unconstitutiona
Chief Supreme Court Justice Marshall usurped the Constitution
when he maintained that the Supreme Court had the right to rule
laws made by Congress and signed by the President unconstitutional.
As a result the USA is essentially ruled by the Supreme Court
There is no provision in the US Constitut
To say that F = m . a or e= m c2 as truth it is necessary to accept
certain beliefs. Belief that at the next moment the laws will not change
for example.
Let´s go to a human level:
in evolutionary terms, I would say that truth is a belief hardcoded by
natural selection. Truth would say, is the
Telmo wrote:
*"I admire the US constitution too. In fact, my political position
isessentially to follow it (although I like to imagine possibilities
for**peaceful
world with further increases in freedom)*."
Which Constitution? the one epoch-opening chef-d'oeuvre based on modernized
medieval ide
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 4:42 PM, meekerdb wrote:
> >> You've got to give it a number and a number we can have confidence in;
> "pretty high" is useless
>
> > There are plenty of explicit estimates of the cost of sea level rise.
>
That depends on how much the sea rises and how fast, and yes the
On 20 Nov 2013, at 17:33, Chris de Morsella wrote:
>>The more urgent sacrifice we have to do is to make cannabis legal,
stop prohibition and the lies which go with it.
We legalized Cannabis in the state of Washington
Yes, I know, and I congratulate your for that. You show the path!
On 20 Nov 2013, at 11:12, LizR wrote:
My son - now 15 - did a project at school in which he advocated
legalising cannabis. He had a lot of good arguments! (Some supplied
by me :)
Cool!
But strictly speaking, there is no need of any argument.
It is up to those wanting cannabis illegal to
Nov. 19, 2013: [...] the real challenge: removing melted or partially melted
fuel from the three reactors that had meltdowns, and figuring out how to
treat and store it so it won't heat up and start a nuclear reaction again.
"This is an unprecedented task that nobody in the world has achieved. We
s
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On 20 Nov 2013, at 01:11, LizR wrote:
On 20 November 2013 10:42, mee
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:07 PM, John Mikes wrote:
> Telmo wrote:
>
> I agree. But sometimes we're lazy.
> My worry is always the same: the energy budget necessary to drill the
> holes and maintain the infrastructure compared to the yield. I'm not
> saying this isn't a good idea, just that this a
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:12 AM, LizR wrote:
> My son - now 15 - did a project at school in which he advocated legalising
> cannabis. He had a lot of good arguments! (Some supplied by me :)
Good! I'm happy to read this.
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 6:37 PM, meekerdb wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 1:09 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:39 PM, meekerdb wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/18/2013 9:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>>>
>>> You seem to be arguing against a straw man here. I explained why the
>>> free
>>> mark
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:13 PM, meekerdb wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 3:11 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:12 AM, LizR wrote:
>>>
>>> On 18 November 2013 22:41, Telmo Menezes wrote:
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:02 AM, LizR wrote:
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> This is quite simple. Mark
My son - now 15 - did a project at school in which he advocated legalising
cannabis. He had a lot of good arguments! (Some supplied by me :)
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On 20 Nov 2013, at 01:11, LizR wrote:
On 20 November 2013 10:42, meekerdb wrote:
On 11/19/2013 10:26 AM, John Clark wrote:
Our grandparents didn't make huge sacrifices to their lifestyle to
solve some vague
I'm not a historian, but are you sure? Not even unintentionally? I'm
not argui
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